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Pinnotheres
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Pinnotheres

Pinnotheres is a genus of crabs, including the pea crab. Many species formerly in Pinnotheres have been placed in new genera, such as Zaops ostreus (formerly P. ostreus), the oyster crab and Nepinnotheres novaezelandiae (formerly P. novaezelandiae), the New Zealand pea crab. The species currently recognised in the genus Pinnotheres are:

Pinnotheres atrinae Sakai, 1939

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Pea Crab

speciesPinnotheres pisum

Pinnotheres hickmani

speciesPinnotheres hickmani

Pinnotheres excussus

speciesPinnotheres excussus

Pinnotheres pectunculi

speciesPinnotheres pectunculi

Pinnotheres pholadis

speciesPinnotheres pholadis

Pinnotheres taylori

speciesPinnotheres taylori

Puget Pea Crab

speciesPinnotheres pugettensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 143934.